APEXAGRI • Agriculture • Performance • Expertise

Marc is the Apexagri and ByO Group CEO, and has a long standing expertise in business management and strategy. He has spent most of his career developing high powered innovative BtoB ecosystems and has led various strategic partnerships, M&A processes and successful value chains developments.

Régis is the Apexagri Director as well as Director of the plant division of the Maïsadour cooperative group, where he is head of 13 subsidiaries in continental Europe and Africa. He is familiar with a large range of agricultural production systems and is knowable about the major strategic challenges of European agri-food chains.

Anaïs is consultant and project manager for Apexagri, and has conducted various types of technical field missions. She has been developing and structuring agri-food chains in Europe and Africa throughout her career, and has a clear understanding of agricultural projects’ requirements, issues and strategies.

Marike is the Apexagri business development Director and has been involved in business development in Africa for the past 10 years, with a strong experience in tropical vegetable seeds (Burkina Faso, RDC, Cameroun, Ghana, Kenya,..). She is well aware of local SMEs’ issues and challenges to build sustainable agri-food chains.

Denis is Head of New Markets Business Development for the the Maïsadour cooperative group, and has previously been head of operations for several large European cereal producers, especially for rice and sorghum productions. He started his career in West Africa as a tomato farm and processing plant manager.

Gilles is the project manager for Africa the Middle East at the Maïsadour cooperative group, and is an expert in crop production ( alfalfa, sunflower He has over 10 years of experience in the continent and perfectly knows the stakes of small and large farmers there

Youssef is the Director of Agronomy within Maïsadour in Morocco where he is in charge of the local network organization, the production planning and the quality management In addition, he conducts several sustainable optimizations of field crop productions (mainly cereals vegetable)

Inès is a consultant at By O Group and has developed a specific expertise in business intelligence and competitive analysis She knows well the existing tools of market analysis and strategic intelligence, especially within the agri food chains

Laure is a sustainable development technician for the cooperative Group, for both animal and crop productions She drives various impact analysis (Carbone footprints, Life Cycles Analysis and is responsible for the enforcement of quality systems and norms

Shaibu is a plant breeder for the seed branch of the cooperative group, especially in Burkina Faso where he has been conducting research studies on tropical varieties He has previously worked for several farms and local cooperatives on technical production optimization and best practices implementation ( Rice, Corn)

Hubert is a nutritionist for Nutricia and has dedicated his career to animal productions He has an extensive knowledge of herd management of all sizes and has been running several experimental stations He regularly conducts diagnostic missions in Africa for beef and dairy cattle

Wilfrid is a zootechnician at Sud Ouet Aliment where he is in charge of setting up good animal husbandry practices and improving farms competitiveness, especially for cattle He is specialized in animal nutrition and tailor made feed diets, focusing on semi arid areas